
05/04/2025
Bette Midler "Bette Midler" (1973) -Pop Rock / Vocal Jazz-
Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation

01 - Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer)
02 - Drinking Again (Doris Tauber & Johnny Mercer)
03 - Breaking Up Somebody's Home (Denise LaSalle)
04 - Surabaya Johnny (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht & Herbert Hartig)
05 - I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan)
Two
01 - Optimistic Voices / Lullaby Of Broadway (E.Y. Harbug, Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart & Leo Feist) / (Al Dubin & Harry Warren)
02 - In The Mood (Joe Garland & Andy Razaf)
03 - Uptown / Da Doo Run Run (Thomas McKinney) / (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry & Phil Spector)
04 - Twisted (Wardell Gray)
05 - Higher And Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) (Gary Lee Jackson, Carl W. Smith & Raynard Miner)
Miss M is accompanied by :
Piano : Barry Manilow
Keyboards : Ken Ascher, Pat Rebillot, Don Grolnick
Guitars : David Spinozza, Cornell Dupree, Frank Vento, Hugh McCracken
Basses : Stu Woods, Chuck Rainey, William Salter, Milt Hinton, Will Lee
Drums : Rick Marotta, Grady Tate, Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd, Luther Rix
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald, Luther Rix, Barry Manilow, Arif Mardin
Synthesizer : Kenneth Bichel
Concert Master : Gene Orloff
Background vocals : Gale Kantor, Merle Miller, Sylvia Shemwell, Myrna Smith, Tasha Thomas, Shirley Brewer, Ann S. Clark, Sharon Redd, Robin Grean, Charlotte Crossley, Barry Manilow
Arranged & Conducted by Barry Manilow
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, N.Y.
Recording Engineers : Gene Paul & Lew Hahn
Additional Recordings at A & R Studios, New York, N.Y. ; Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, N.Y. & Kaye / Smith Studios, Seattle, Washington
Recording Engineers for Additional Recordings : Jimmy Douglass, Robert Warner, Elliot Scheiner, Buzz Richmond & Scott Schreckengost
Mastering : George Piros & Dennis King
Remixed by Lew Hahn & Arif Mardin
Produced by Arif Mardin & Barry Manilow
One
01 - Skylark
02 - Drinking Again
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03 - Breaking Up Somebody's Home
Horns Arranged by Arif Mardin
04 - Surabaya Johnny
05 - I Shall Be Released
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Two
01 - Optimistic Voices / Lullaby Of Broadway
Miss M is the trio on "Lullaby Of Broadway"
02 - In The Mood
Miss M sings all Vocal Parts
Vocal Arrangement by Barry Manilow
Horns Arranged by Arif Mardin
03 - Uptown / Da Doo Run Run
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04 - Twisted
Horns Arranged by Arif Mardin
05 - Higher And Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)
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